[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Shatapatha Brahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 5.2.3.3 # Shatapatha Brahmana 5.2.3.3 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3.3) tádagníṃ samādhā́ya juhoti eṣá te nirṛte bhāgastáṃ juṣasvasvāhétīyaṃ vai nírṛtiḥ sā yám pāpmánā gṛhṇā́ti taṃ nírṛtyā gṛhṇāti tadyádevā̀syā átra nairṛtáṃ rūpaṃ tádevaìtáchamayati tátho hainaṃ sūyámānaṃ nírṛtirná gṛhṇātyátha yatsvákṛte vériṇe juhóti śvabhrapradaré vaitádu hyásyai nírṛtigṛhītam > Having there made up a fire, he offers with (Vâg. S. IX, 35), 'This, O Nirriti, is thy portion: accept it graciously, hail!' For Nirriti is this (Earth); whomsoever she seizes upon with evil, him she seizes upon with destruction (nirriti): hence whatever part of this (Earth) is of the Nirriti nature, that he thereby propitiates; and thus Nirriti does not seize upon him, while being consecrated. And the reason why he offers in a self-produced hollow or cleft, is that that much of this (earth) is possessed with Nirriti. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 5.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3.2) - [Next: 5.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3.4) - [Up: 5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina~en-eggeling.5.2.3.3) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.221.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2622) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Hindu Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v1.c6.s5.65) — Kramrisch 1946, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.3.3) · Pramāṇa